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The format for Learn a Language is the same for all eight languages. Users select a language then choose if they want to study individual words or phrases. Whichever they choose the format that follows is the same. Users can study flashcards then play a game called Lingo Dingo. Lingo Dingo requires players to accurately type a word or phrase before it disappears. The object of the game is to construct a dingo by earning points for correctly typed words and phrases.

Cool Tool for data analysis

Explains how to change the channel on Pulse remotes.

These directions were great! I used them this week to reprogram two wholes sets of Pulses since three of them were ordered by a principal on the same channel with the same numbers 1 - 32. Thanks, Mike!

At Lego City you can create a comic strip that feature Lego elements. To create a comic just select a strip format (one box or multiple boxes in various layouts) and start dragging elements into your comic strip. Elements in your comic strip can be resized to fit the frame and maintain proportions among multiple elements. Your comic strip can have multiple pages. When you're done creating your comic strip you can save it online or download it to your computer. Kids do not need to login to create a comic.

Might be a good supplement to the Lego software that the STEM schools are getting.

A VERY COOL interactive pictorial page of the BEFORE and AFTER satellite images of the devastation in Japan. Great to put on a whiteboard.

Video tutorial hosted on Vimeo on how to use Diigo

is a free Windows-based program that anyone can use to create video games without writing code. The drag and drop interface relies on users being able to manage "if/ then" scenarios to design a rich gaming experience. Kodu users create the setting (trees, mountains, rivers, etc), specify the roles and place characters in their games, and program what players can and cannot do in their games.

Go to the 6:00 minute mark and listen to what teachers are doing to "Flip" the classroom. I recently saw an article about Bullis school doing this same thing. A VERY interesting idea - one that would work great with... oh say ... iTouch or iPad mobile devices? BYOT

is a new service that combines the best of online sticky note services like Wallwisher with collaborative mind mapping functions. Popplet allows you to create a wall of multimedia sticky notes that you can share with others. Your stickies can include videos and images that you pull from other online services. You can also upload media from your desktop to your sticky notes. Popplet offers a browser bookmarklet that you can use to add content from other webpages to your Popplet pages. Invite others via email to collaborate on your wall of sticky notes.

"The Molecular Workbench™ (MW) is a free, open-source tool that creates and delivers visual, interactive simulations for teaching and learning science and engineering."

Ken Thomas is a photographer with many wildlife pictures, and he posts 99% of them on his website as public domain. Great pictures in the wildlife section!

is a new site offering free stories that are read aloud. As the stories are read, the words being spoken are highlighted. The site has about thirty stories now, and is adding a few more each month.